Kenneth Alan James Hawker (3 December 1940 – 2 August 2015)[1][2] known as Ken Lewis, was an English singer, songwriter and record producer.
In 1964 they met Perry Ford, who worked as an engineer in a small recording studio in Denmark Street, London.
Their luck changed when Herman's Hermits recorded "Can't You Hear My Heartbeat"[3] and took it to number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.
",[3][9] the Music Explosion – "Little Bit O' Soul",[3] Dana Gillespie – "Thank You Boy"[10] and Peter and Gordon – "Sunday for Tea".
The vocal quartet that mimed to the records included Tony Burrows and Neil Landon, leaving Perry Ford to carry on The Ivy League.
The "touring" Flower Pot Men started recording songs by Roger Greenaway and eventually changed their name to White Plains.
After a minor success billed as Stamford Bridge (UK number 47 with "Chelsea"),[13] Lewis decided to leave the music industry in 1971, suffering from depression.
Later he returned to Cambridge, where his sister currently resides, spending the remainder of his life at a nursing home in the Cherry Hinton district, where he succumbed to complications associated with type 1 diabetes, on 2 August 2015.